Traveling through the Tang Dynasty: Peerless Village Girl

Chapter 278 Newspaper Publishing
In the early morning of the next day, the servants of the Mo Mansion carried a large stack of newspapers to the street to distribute, and posted them in conspicuous places, causing people passing by to stop and watch curiously.

A corner of the street was crowded with spectators, most of whom were illiterate poor people. Someone asked anxiously, "What is written on it? Can any literate gentleman explain it to me?"

A scholar in the crowd shook his head and read: "Auspiciousness from the dragon and the phoenix, double happiness. According to our newspaper, on XX, XX, XX, the daughter-in-law of the XX family on XX Street gave birth to twins. This is a happy event. That afternoon , XXX also won the first prize in the sports lottery, the whole family is happy, such luck is enviable, congratulations."

"Wow, how lucky are you?" Someone in the crowd exclaimed and sighed.

Someone shouted excitedly, "It's true, it's true, I'm XX's neighbor, and I went to congratulate you yesterday, hehe, good wine and good meat, I had a delicious meal, haha."

"Hey, have you finished reading? Just a little? No way? It seems that there are quite a lot?" Most of the curious but illiterate poor people shouted, asking the literate scholar to continue reading.

The scholar continued to read, "The end of Merry. According to this newspaper, on XX XX, XX, the old man XX, who was nearly sixty years old, went to Ruyiju to have sex with prostitutes. He was paralyzed due to fright. Alas, I was greedy for pleasure for a while, and suffered for a lifetime, and even harmed the wives and concubines at home. Why bother? Right and wrong are left to future generations to judge."

"Wow, this old man is too good, hehe."

"It's what they deserve. There are a lot of wives and concubines in the family, and they even go to prostitutes. This is retribution."

"Hey, is this real?"

"Of course it's true. What's written on it is the master of my family. This matter has been rumored a long time ago, and the whole city knows it. Don't you know?"

"Is there really such a thing? This is a good newspaper. You can know everything you read."

The scholar shook his head and said coquettishly: "To the extreme, to the extreme, with a book in hand, one can know the affairs of the world without going out, ha ha."

People are talking about the so-called newspapers, and they are more interested in the gossip written in the newspapers. At least, these gossips are a good way to pass the time after dinner.

(End of this chapter)